Firearm.



M. L. CASTLE.

FIREARM.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.17, 1913.

Patented M31124, 1914 R 1 flfa/wal wilamm,

Witnesses Attorneys,

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAFH Co-j WASHINGTON n C M. L. GASTLE.

FIREARM.

APPLIOATION FILED 131:0.17, 1913. 1,091,1 90. P ented Mar. 24, 191i 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Inventor,

Witnesses v I w Attorneys,

0.. WASHINGTON n c MARCUS L. CASTLE, F MALONE, NEW YORK.

FIREARM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 24,1914.

Application filed December 17, 1913. Serial No. 807,257.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARCUS L. CASTLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Malone, in the county of Franklin and State of New York, have invented a new and'useful Firearm, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in firearms, one object being the provision of means bywhich the trigger in a repeating firearm is locked so as to prevent the accidental actuation thereof to release the hammer, such device being provided with actuating means which 'is instinctively shoulder forfiring, the hand gripping the stock of the gun assuming a natural position to actuate the same to release simultaneously with the pulling of the trigger, there being provided means which operate the present device as the breech block is being retracted to eject ashell and during the projection of a new shell within the barrel, such lock automatically engaging the trigger when the lever action is in locked position and the gun is loaded ready forfiring. 1

A further object of the present invention forth in my U. S. Letters Patent No. 1,074,046, granted to me September 23, 1913,

' to a Savage repeating rifle of the lever type,

the curved member of the lever'for operating to reciprocate the breech block constituting a means for permitting the engagement and disengagement of the present safety device from and with the trigger, said safety device being in such a position as to be readily actuated instinctively when the gun is put to the shoulder for firing. 7

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter clescribed and claimed, it being understood that'changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation Savage repeating rifle vention applied thereto. perspective view of the safety device is therein for reciprocation, rying breech block, which has mounted therein thehammer gWitll the hooked end ftutes a pivoting means for the sear-5 whose terminal 6 is disposed to be placed into'en- ;gagement with the hook 3 of the hammer to lock the same in cooked position asthe ;receiver to barrel (not the position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. is the adaptation of the safety device as set fprojeots below the receiver connected thereto at 8, the lever- 9 which carries therewith, the curved arm or seg and slot connection 17 partly in section of the receiver and block actuating mechanism of a with the present in- Fig. 2 is a'rear same showing the parts in the position they assume when the locking the trigger and the hammer is cooked. Fig. 3 is a detail view breech showing the retracted position of the safety device when the same has been instinctively operated to release the trigger. Fig. 4 is a section on line 44 of Fig.3. Fig. 5 is j a perspective view of the safety locking bar per as. released when the firearm is placed to the Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 deslgnates the recelver which has mounted the hammer car- (not shown) provided 3. The pin 4 constibreech block 2 is properly seated within the position a cartridge within the shown) and to lock the parts in The projection 7 which is carried by and has pivotally ment 10, the upper edge 11 of which is curved on a circle, the center of which is the center of the pin 8. The forward end of this curved member or segment 10 is dis posed to engage the projecting portion 2 of the breech block, so as to assist in retracting and projecting the same when the lever and'the segment 10 are moved from the full to dotted line position, and vice versa, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The segment 10 upon its upper edge adjacent to the hand grip 31 is recessed as at 12, the purpose of which will presently appear.

The trigger 13 is pivoted in the receiver by means of the pin 14 and is held in proper relation by the projecting end 16 being disposed forwardly and connected by means of the pin to the rearwardly projecting end 18 of the sear 5. By this means of the flat spring 15,

means it willbe seenthat the pull upon the,

provided with the rearwardly projecting lug 19, which constitutes the abutting means to hold the same in safety by means of the reduced end 20 of the sliding bar 21. This bar 21 constitutes the safety means which is mounted through the slot 22 of the projection 24 of the receiver, the roller 23 being carried by the bar or plate 21 andin such position as to ride uponthe curved edge 11 of the segment 10, the same, when seated in the recess 12, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1, permitting the spring 32 to 20 to engage the upper side of the lug 19 of the trigger 13 so that it is impossible to move the trigger rearwardly to depress the sear releasing member 16 thereof. The two lugs 27 constitute a guide for the rear end of the 4; bar or plate 21, a pin 26 carrying the roller which provides an anti-frictional means bearing upon the upper surface of the bar or plate 21; An aperture 29 is provided in the rear end of. the receiver for the projection therethrough of the auxiliary trigger 28,

which is the means for actuating the bar orplate 21 against the tension of its spring 32, said auxiliary trigger being mounted in the slottedend 30 of the hand grip 31 of the lever 9;

The spring 32, as clearly illustrated, is connected in the notch 33 formed in the upper surface of the bar or plate 21 while its forward end is connected to the pin 34L fitted in the recess of the boss or projection 24c of Thus it will be seen that the trigger 13 4 stinctive though pulled rearwardly cannot be moved so as to depress the sear releasing member 16 as long as the safety bar 21 is in the position as shown in Fig. 1;

In operating the present device, with the hand gripping the stock of the gun, and with three or four fingers through the finger grip 31 thereof, and the forefinger engaging the trigger 13, it is apparent that the ingripping of the stock, when the gun is placed to the shoulder for firing, will cause the auxiliary trigger 28 to .be moved from the full to the dotted line position, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, thus moving the end 20 of the safety plate or member 21 from above the lug 19 and thus freeing the trigger 13 to operate the sear 5 to release th'ehook 3 of the hammer.

By mounting the auxiliary trigger in the position as shown, the same is protected project the end from accidental actuation and by. so arranging the trigger 13 and the auxiliary trigger 28, it is apparent that the auxiliary trigger must be operated primarily before the .trigger 13 can be actuated. By this means, the safety is automatically thrown in as soon as the hand is removed from the lever 31 in firing position, and that instinctively when the firearm is placed to the shoulder for firing, the bar 21 is released to permit of the proper actuation of the trigger 13. It is also apparent that when the lever is operated from the'full to dotted vice versa in Fig. 1, that.

line position and the roller 23 riding upon the edge 11 of the segment 10 will be actuated to retract the bar 21, thus placing the end 20 out of the path of the lug or projection 19 of the trigger 13 and placing the same thereabove as soon as the parts assume the full line position with the rolle1(;3 23 seated in the recess 12 of the segment 1 What is claimed is:

1. A firearm, including a receiver, a breech block, a hammer carried by the breech block, a trigger, said trigger being provided with a rearward projection, means connected with the trigger and coiiperable,

mounted in the receiver for engaging the I hammer to hold'the same in cocked position, a lever pivoted to the receiver, a curved member carried by the lever for movement into and out of the receiver for retracting and projecting the breech block, a spring returned pull bar mounted for reciprocation within the receiver and having its forward end disposed to engage the projection of the trigger to lock the same, and cooperable means carried the bar for retracting the bar during the movement of the lever and for permitting the pull bar to engage the projection of the trigger when the lever has closed the breech block and caused the setting of the hammer.

2. ,A firearm, including a receiver, a breech block, a hammer carried by the breech block, a' trigger, said trigger being provided with a rearward projection, oooperable means connected with the trigger and mounted in the receiver for engaging the. hammer to hold the same in cocked position, a lever pivoted to the receiver, a curved member carried by the lever for movement into and out of the receiver for retracting and projecting the breech block, a spring returned pull bar mounted for reciprocation within the receiver and having its forward end disposed to engage the projection of the trigger to lock the same, cooperable means carried by the curved member and the bar for retracting the bar during the movement of the lever and for permitting the pull bar to engage with the projection of the trigger by the curved member and when the lever has closed the breech block as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signaand caused the cooking of the hammer, and ture in the presence of two Witnesses. an auxiliary trigger carried by the pull bar and disposed in rear of the main trigger for MARCUS CASTLE manually releasing the pull bar when the Witnesses: gun is gripped for firing. GEO. HOWARD,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing CHARLES J. HAKINS.

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